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Copper: Enough already or not enough?

The title of this article is intended to address two questions related to the copper market — questions that reflect two alternative views: Have prices spiked to unsustainable levels? Or are stocks so low that prices shall still be forced higher?


Aerial view of the heap-leach facilities near the Pipeline pit at Placer Dome and Rio Tinto's Cortez gold-mining complex in Nevada.

Speculation runs high on Battle Mountain-Cortez trend

Elko, Nev. — The search for gold along the Battle Mountain-Cortez trend in north-central Nevada has been re-energized by the Cortez Hills discovery, a 7.5-million-oz. oxide deposit that is still being drilled off by partners Placer Dome<...








Amex launches gold index

The American Stock Exchange has started publishing the Amex Gold Miners Index under the ticker symbol gdm.


Fraudulent Fortune, part 1

The following is the first of two exclusive excerpts from Fraudulent Fortune, a fictional work privately published in 2003. The author is a geologist and staff writer with The Northern Miner. The 233-page paperback version costs $10 plus shipping…


How to spell relief

At last month’s International Monetary Fund meeting in Washington, Canada’s finance minister, Ralph Goodale, was one of the principal opponents of a plan floated by his British counterpart, Gordon Brown, to finance debt relief to poor countries th…


Freeport’s profits shrivel

The period ended Oct. 19 saw the broad market acclerate its decline of the previous week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Index tumbling 179.56 points to 9,897.62 and the S&P 500 index slipping another 18.61 points to 1,103.23.


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